Port Blair, Jun 10: Mr. Mitun Das, Pradhan, Gram PanchayatRamnagar along with all PRIs of Gram Panchayat Ramnagar, wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Mr. Amit Saha, Home Minister, GoI, Mr. Rajiv Kumar, Chief Election Commissioner of India, Mr. Giriraj Singh, Minister of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Admiral D.K. Joshi, Lt. Governor, A&N Islands and Mr. JitendraNarain (IAS), Chief Secretary, A&N Administration and a copy of the letter was also sent to Mr. B.P Ray, Former Member of Parliament, Mr. Kuldeep Rai Sharma, Member of Parliament, A&N Administration, Secretary RD, Director Panchayat A&N Administration, Director Transport, A&N Administration, the Deputy Commissioner N&M Andaman and Assistant Commissioner, Diglipur regarding the STS bus service barred by Diglpur STS Unit in Ramnagar Village since 1 Year with the excuse of bad road conditions.
Mr. Mithun mentioned that the road on which the bus service stopped is taken under Pradhan MantriGraminSadak Yojna-2 three years back but still the work is not initiated due to the high rate quoted by contractors.
He stated that due to the road being under PMGSY-2, Gram Panchayat needs the approval of the Panchayat Director for conducting repair works but after several requests to the authority, the Panchayat did not get any official approval. Due to this, the engineering wing of PRIs is not accepting any emergency work of road repair.
He also mentioned that due to the non-availability of STS bus services the general public of Ramnagar especially disabled persons, senior citizens, and school students are forced to walk for 7 to 8 km daily to acquire the transportation service.
Mr. Mitun Das added that he repeatedly requested the STS-Unit Diglipur to resume the STS bus service but they denied with an excuse that the bus drivers have to bear repair expenses as the road is in poor condition and the service will start after the road repair works.
Therefore, Mr. Mithun Das, Pradhan along with all ward members including Panchayat Samiti Member, Ramnagar jointly sought the interventions of the PM Narendra Modi and other ministers either for the immediate approval for the repair works on the PMGSY-2 road or the resumption of bus service in Ramnagar village road otherwise the whole Gram Panchayat Ramnagar, Diglipur will resign within 30 days.